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Hospital Admissions, Public Sector Outpatient Attendances And Day Surgeries, Annual

Description

Annual Ministry of Health series published via SingStat covering hospital admissions, public-sector outpatient attendances, and day surgeries in Singapore, with long historical coverage from the mid-1980s through 2025. Footnotes define public, not-for-profit, and private facilities and community hospital categorisation rules. Health system analysts track utilisation trends across care settings. Adapted from SingStat Table Builder TS/M870311.

Official description

Source: MINISTRY OF HEALTH Data Last Updated: 06/04/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Public health facilities refer to those owned or controlled by a government unit or another public corporation (where control is defined as the ability to determine the general corporate policy). Not-for-profit health facilities refer to those producing health goods and services, but are not permitted to be a source of income, profit or financial gain for the unit(s) that establish, control or finance them. Private health facilities refer to those set up for the purpose of producing health goods and services and are capable of generating a profit or other financial gains for their owners. A residential health facility providing more than one residential care service will be categorised based on its highest level of medical capability (LMC), provided the highest LMC beds make up at least 25 per cent of total bed capacity. For example, a health facility providing both community hospital and chronic sick services will be categorised as a 'Community Hospital' if its number of community hospital beds is at least 25 per cent of its total bed capacity. 'Community Hospitals' includes multiple services i.e. community hospital (sub-acute and rehabilitation), chronic sick units and inpatient hospice. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M870311

Last updated
Coverage
1984-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Rows
14
Columns
43

Chart

Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Acute Hospitals Admissions na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 658221.000000 644945.000000 620169.000000 598896.000000 566790.000000 556511.000000 618136.000000 584819.000000 568117.000000 546256.000000 499889.000000 489574.000000 474193.000000 459902.000000 446384.000000 427305.000000 413592.000000 412200.000000 413205.000000 400636.000000
Public na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 548517.000000 526589.000000 504790.000000 485723.000000 452927.000000 444863.000000 483939.000000 455272.000000 436882.000000 416663.000000 379973.000000 372661.000000 364911.000000 354076.000000 347398.000000 333573.000000 323535.000000 321187.000000 317355.000000 308016.000000
Non-Public na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 109704.000000 118356.000000 115379.000000 113173.000000 113863.000000 111648.000000 134197.000000 129547.000000 131235.000000 129593.000000 119916.000000 116913.000000 109282.000000 105826.000000 98986.000000 93732.000000 90057.000000 91013.000000 95850.000000 92620.000000
Psychiatric Hospitals Admissions na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 11154.000000 9846.000000 9693.000000 9340.000000 8226.000000 8426.000000 9234.000000 9215.000000 9316.000000 9028.000000 8986.000000 9050.000000 8110.000000 8382.000000 9628.000000 9759.000000 9060.000000 8884.000000 8705.000000 8514.000000
Public na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 11154.000000 9846.000000 9693.000000 9340.000000 8226.000000 8426.000000 9234.000000 9215.000000 9316.000000 9028.000000 8986.000000 9050.000000 8110.000000 8382.000000 9628.000000 9759.000000 9060.000000 8884.000000 8417.000000 8245.000000
Non-Public na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 288.000000 269.000000
Community Hospitals Admissions na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 30231.000000 26799.000000 21539.000000 23678.000000 21207.000000 20852.000000 20043.000000 17899.000000 16355.000000 13881.000000 10670.000000 9067.000000 8702.000000 7751.000000 7679.000000 7534.000000 7612.000000 7013.000000 7312.000000 6229.000000
Public na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 20107.000000 17244.000000 12528.000000 14747.000000 12999.000000 11173.000000 10215.000000 8271.000000 7361.000000 5432.000000 2187.000000 1467.000000 1053.000000 688.000000 572.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
Non-Public na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 10124.000000 9555.000000 9011.000000 8931.000000 8208.000000 9679.000000 9828.000000 9628.000000 8994.000000 8449.000000 8483.000000 7600.000000 7649.000000 7063.000000 7107.000000 7534.000000 7612.000000 7013.000000 7312.000000 6229.000000
Specialist Outpatient Clinics 3452571 3333550 2806501 3079445 2848213 2729732 2643670 2413906 2336132 2225126 2063332 1961003 1868599 1762927 1578396 1455985 1346095 1386350 1339712 1311863 1246343 1222817 5728143.000000 5500564.000000 5334841.000000 5220544.000000 5218526.000000 4478648.000000 5285968.000000 5106088.000000 4973743.000000 4954502.000000 4699586.000000 4530850.000000 4436621.000000 4353385.000000 4234139.000000 4023686.000000 3886310.000000 3827275.000000 3687910.000000 3624976.000000
Accident & Emergency Departments 658311 618490 552233 596986 565375 537342 532916 518814 547178 541833 520132 499937 510556 545339 541502 533571 514434 485762 436660 378145 438308 469522 1121024.000000 1068165.000000 1048458.000000 1021192.000000 890153.000000 903361.000000 1080982.000000 1005403.000000 993458.000000 1008718.000000 965426.000000 968371.000000 1006800.000000 985289.000000 934485.000000 858781.000000 821304.000000 788539.000000 752122.000000 676763.000000
Polyclinics 3913380 3791670 3337277 3344224 3023794 2728377 2924918 2933348 2910366 2892141 2821586 2799248 2940694 2918624 2710963 2806948 2885476 2964035 2970997 3110000 3093967 3213404 7354797.000000 7173299.000000 6896041.000000 6610293.000000 6200710.000000 5992676.000000 6691295.000000 6323814.000000 5925787.000000 5263999.000000 4874697.000000 4648374.000000 4623623.000000 4614038.000000 4502043.000000 4314496.000000 4157903.000000 3971589.000000 3797953.000000 3769989.000000
Dental Clinics 1006634 1045775 887904 993180 983792 955626 1067945 1083261 1097675 1121728 1121766 1093532 1093581 1125742 1138054 1152708 1185450 1174672 1194752 1165610 1164031 1133267 1023910.000000 967942.000000 933723.000000 914875.000000 926026.000000 701924.000000 1070808.000000 1083669.000000 1067080.000000 1063502.000000 1012523.000000 970494.000000 943971.000000 893058.000000 875802.000000 862874.000000 838815.000000 883216.000000 889210.000000 838466.000000
Day Surgeries 184364 181888 141279 147587 131986 100025 87890 78264 74589 69199 62196 58009 60047 51304 40588 38126 28746 22346 20453 18677 15789 14909 527316.000000 483773.000000 438571.000000 407927.000000 396847.000000 313483.000000 376136.000000 351615.000000 339933.000000 326214.000000 298029.000000 272915.000000 262381.000000 246313.000000 238071.000000 229638.000000 218284.000000 208688.000000 203639.000000 196619.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2005 Text No
2004 Text No
2003 Text No
2002 Text No
2001 Text No
2000 Text No
1999 Text No
1998 Text No
1997 Text No
1996 Text No
1995 Text No
1994 Text No
1993 Text No
1992 Text No
1991 Text No
1990 Text No
1989 Text No
1988 Text No
1987 Text No
1986 Text No
1985 Text No
1984 Text No
2025 Numeric No
2024 Numeric No
2023 Numeric No
2022 Numeric No
2021 Numeric No
2020 Numeric No
2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
2017 Numeric No
2016 Numeric No
2015 Numeric No
2014 Numeric No
2013 Numeric No
2012 Numeric No
2011 Numeric No
2010 Numeric No
2009 Numeric No
2008 Numeric No
2007 Numeric No
2006 Numeric No